"elegant" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɛl.ə.ɡənt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-elegant.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more elegant [comparative], most elegant [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle French elegant, ultimately from Latin elegans. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*leǵ-}}, {{der|en|frm|elegant}} Middle French elegant, {{der|en|la|elegans}} Latin elegans Head templates: {{en-adj}} elegant (comparative more elegant, superlative most elegant)
  1. Characterised by or exhibiting elegance. Categories (topical): Appearance, Personality Synonyms (exhibiting elegance): classy, graceful Translations (exhibiting elegance): κομψός (kompsós) (Ancient Greek), ظَرِيف (ẓarīf) (Arabic), أَنِيق (ʔanīq) (Arabic), էլեգանտ (ēlegant) (Armenian), նրբագեղ (nrbageġ) (Armenian), শুৱলা (xuola) (Assamese), елегантен (eleganten) (Bulgarian), изискан (iziskan) (Bulgarian), elegant (Catalan), شۆخ (şox) (Central Kurdish), 典雅 (diǎnyǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), 文雅 (wényǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), 高雅 (gāoyǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), elegantní (Czech), elegant (Danish), elegant (Dutch), sierlijk (Dutch), gracieus (Dutch), eleganta (Esperanto), elegantti (Finnish), aistikas (Finnish), hienostunut (Finnish), élégant (French), elegante (Galician), elegant (German), schick (German), κομψός (kompsós) (Greek), אֶלֶגַנְטִי (elegánti) (Hebrew), מְהֻדָּר (mehudár) (Hebrew), elegáns (Hungarian), előkelő (Hungarian), galánta (Irish), elegante (Italian), 優雅な (yūga-na) (alt: ゆうがな) (Japanese), 立派な (rippa-na) (alt: りっぱな) (Japanese), 高雅な (kōga-na) (alt: こうがな) (Japanese), 典雅な (tenga-na) (alt: てんがな) (Japanese), janóta (Kabuverdianu), ឆើតឆាយ (chaətchaay) (Khmer), 우아한 (uahan) (Korean), facētus (Latin), ēlegans (Latin), lautus (Latin), venustus (Latin), елега́нтен (elegánten) (Macedonian), пре́финет (préfinet) (Macedonian), о́тмен (ótmen) (Macedonian), huatau (Maori), purotu (Maori), tōrire (Maori), elegancki (Polish), elegante (Portuguese), элега́нтный (elegántnyj) (Russian), шика́рный (šikárnyj) (Russian), изя́щный (izjáščnyj) (Russian), रसिक (rasika) (Sanskrit), elegantan (Serbo-Croatian), elegante (Spanish), chic (Spanish), elegant (Swedish), zarif (Turkish), kibar (Turkish), şık (Turkish), شائسته (Urdu), thanh lịch (Vietnamese), tao nhã (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-elegant-en-adj-S44nTGZD Disambiguation of Appearance: 75 5 12 9 Disambiguation of Personality: 67 2 17 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 10 39 40 Disambiguation of 'exhibiting elegance': 74 5 21 Disambiguation of 'exhibiting elegance': 74 5 21
  2. Characterised by minimalism and intuitiveness while preserving exactness and precision.
    Sense id: en-elegant-en-adj-BNg8d98M
  3. (Ireland, colloquial, archaic) Fine; doing well. Tags: Ireland, archaic, colloquial
    Sense id: en-elegant-en-adj-DuUKiCDd Categories (other): Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 10 39 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: elegance, elegant crested tinamou, elegant parrot, elegant quail, elegant tit, elegant variation, piss-elegant Related terms: elect, eligible, elite

Noun

IPA: /ˈɛl.ə.ɡənt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-elegant.wav [Southern-England] Forms: elegants [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French elegant, ultimately from Latin elegans. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*leǵ-}}, {{der|en|frm|elegant}} Middle French elegant, {{der|en|la|elegans}} Latin elegans Head templates: {{en-noun}} elegant (plural elegants)
  1. An elegant parrot.
    Sense id: en-elegant-en-noun-YdACxjRr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 10 39 40 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 6 35 49

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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          "ref": "1895, The Avicultural Magazine, Volume 1, The Avicultural Society for the Study of Foreign and British Birds, page 22",
          "text": "But if the Aviarist be ambitious to keep the lovely, but destructive, members of the Parrot family, he must be content with grass alone, because Parrakeets (except the weak-billed Turquoisines and Elegants) would destroy the shrubs and trees in a day.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "An elegant parrot."
      ],
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        [
          "elegant parrot",
          "elegant parrot"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
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    "elegant"
  ],
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}

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